The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1887-10-20
PICKET SHOTS.
From Alert Comrades ALI Along the
Line.
Personal.

Personal.
r. w. Price, OskaloOsa, Iowa, asks the adj
dress of any officer or member of Co. A, Goth
u. s. Inf The information is desired to assist
the wife of Geo. Bradley, Sergeant of said COM
pany. Address Mrs. Geo. Bradley, Box ~,
OskalOosa, Iowa.
Jacob HOrnbeck Kripple Bush, n. Y, says
that about the middle of May, 1864, he was
wounded in the right hand and was sent to
Emory Hospital, Washington, ID. c.. and re-
manned there about two months When the city
was threatened by Early the writer volunteered
10 take a musket aud assist in defending it.
While on picket duty he was struck in the
left leg by musket-ball, aud after remaining
in the barracks for some time he was sent TO
the Mansion House Hospital. He belonged to
the l20th n. Y. He wishes the assistance of
any comrade who knows the circumstances
of his having been wounded in the defense of
Washington.
JW. Sanders, Co. +, 10th Ohio. Bentonville,
o., gives the record of his family in the war,
eight members of which served total of 21
years and six months.
S. G.. A. Fields, Co. X. 9th Vt, Steamboat
Rock, Iowa, is glad to learn that Capt. Kelly,
who led the immortal 200 into Richmond on
the 81 of April, 1866, Is still living, and wants
TO hear from those who survive. Comrade
Fields proposes Reunion by mail
Ezra +. Wetmore, 26th n. V, New York
Mills, n. Y, gives few recollections OF his
services in the Army of the Potomac
Mary J. Sanders, Vienna, H., wishes TO cor
| respond with any person who knows the facts
concerning the capture and killing of L. A.
Sanders in McNairy County, Tenn, in 1864.
| lie was executed as a spy. It is important to
his wife to know the facts of his employment
in the secret service of the Government.
Mrs. Clara Tutin, Bartlett, Neb., would be
| glad to hear from any comrades of Isaac Fair
child, her brother, who was soldier in the
late war. He enlisted in Platteyille, Grant
| Co, Wis.
viii L. WEIGH, Boston, Mass. corrects the
name of /. *. Palmer in the recently-pub-
lished list of general officers. 1t should be /.
| N, or Innis y. He is now a retired officer of
| the army. The writer also refers to an item
in regard to John w. Martin, Co. A, 35th No.
jamestown, Kan, who said he was never in the
| guard house. never played game of cards nor
took drink of whisky, and was never on extra
duty. The writer thinks there is something
wrong about that man, and wonders if he is
/ sane.
Geo. T. Clark, Co. A, 5Sth Ill, and Co. f,
| 1lith H., Morley. No, replying to an inquiry,
says the Colonel of the 5Sth ILL., was named
| Healy, and the Captain of Co. A was Geo. Cot
ton. He would be glad to hear from his old
| comrades of Co. L, l1Ith ILL.,; especially Or
derly-Sergeant James w. Southwick and Cor
porals John Taft and Archibald H. Rusk.
VIM. ii. 5. Berry, Co. X, 18th Ind, Mecosta,
| Mich, relates an incident which occurred to
himself and COmrade Jefferson Deckard while
on the march from the Shenandoah Valley to
| Fredericksburg. One evening they captured
a hive of bees and were badly stung. lie says
that all through the night the bees were crawl
ing over them and stabbing them with their
| bayonets.
II. J. Russell, Co. B, SD Ohio. Bronson, Kan,
| sends copies of two letters written by Miss
Sallie Myers, of Gettysburg. Pa, to the father
of the comrade, after the battle. The writer
| was taken prisoner in the town near the front
door of Miss Myerss home. She took his name
and address, and those Of several of his COM
rades, and wrote very kind letters to their
friends concerning them. The writer hopes
she is the good and happy wife of some brave
and worthy comrade. We would be glad to
print the letters if space would permit.
John w. Hay, Co. f, 9th ILL.,, Monmouth,
Kan, says he would like to write something
about the part he took in putting down the rebel
| lion from 1861 to the final roundup" in 1860,
but he is afraid that dozen of his comrades
will speak up and say that there was no such
regiment as the 9th I'll. He says he was a
| prisoner at Florence, S. C., and thinks that
some of his comrades there will remember him.
ID. III. Dolf, Co. c, 18th Pa, Du Bots, Pa, says
he received letter from COmrade John Keller,
of his company, who failed to give his address.
| The writer says he can assist him, and will be
glad 10 have him send his address.
Albert NJ. Jones, Barkeyville, Pa, warmly
commends THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE for its
efforts in behalf of the soldiers He would
| like 20 hear from some of the 4th Pa. Cav. and
would be glad to have the address of Dr.Wager,
for the benefit of a comrades widow.
John Garfield, Co. III, 10th Ohio, Basin,
| Idaho, would like to hear from Walter Francis,
of his company, who was captured near Cheraw
and taken to Salisbury Prison in 1864, or any
| Others who were there at that time.
VIM. III. Wheeler, Co. /, 18th Ohio Hamilton,
Mo-. wonders what has become Of all the surviv-
Ors, if there are any, Of hisregment. He never
sees anything from them in The NATIONAL
TRIBUNE. He says his regiment made rs good a
record as any other, doing much hard fighting
in the Army of the Cumberland. He would be
very glad 10 hear from Lieut.. Gould, of Co. G..
A. Z. Henry, Co. q, 35th Ohio, Ayersville o.,
asks for what Ohense two soldiers of Sheridan's
Division were executed, by shooting at Chat
tanooga, in the Fall Of 1868. He says that not
long since he received a letter from "Chicka-
saw, the Scout" and he would be very glad to
have him write sketch for The NATIONAL
TRIBUNE.
Information Asked and Given.
A. Kenaston, oberln, o., writes in behalf OF
| the family Of Geo. Stedman, an old soldier, who
| disappeared from Oberlin on June so last. His
business was that of sewing-machine agent.
He was traced TO the vicinity of Sandusky,
| where information was obtained which led 10
the belief that he was insane. He is IS years
DID, about five feet eight inches high, weighs
l45 pounds, face spare, complexion dark. lie
wore black mustaehe, and there is a bare spot
on the left side of his head. He had dis
charge from Co. III, 43d Ohio, and a pension
certificate and voucher signed by Pension Agent
q. III. Bargar, Columbus. o. His wife and four
children are left destitute, and any information
concerning him will be gladly received.
NJ. II. SHAFT, Orleans, Neb, gives a few recol-
lections of the battle of Cedar Creek. He would
like 10 know the address of Frenchman NAM
ed GeOfiard, who belonged TO Co. q, 22d Iowa.
VIM. Burton, Troop A, Goth NY. Cav, Butte
City, Mont, is anxious TO find the following
comrades, and will be under many obligations
for information concerning them: Fred. NJ.
Leonard and VIM. Hubbard, Troop A, goth
n. \. Cav; DIR. Hickey, Assistant Surgeon,
same regiment, and Lieut.. Marley. who at the
time OF muster-in was Orderly Sergeant OF
Troop A. He would DO glad TO hear from the
above or from any of his company.
John b. Gray, Sibley. Iowa, asks if any CON-
rade knows who the Examining Surgeon was
who had charge of the convalescent camp al
Fort McRenry sometime in November, 1862
The fort was in command of Col. Morris, of a
n. Y. ii. A. regiment
Mary L. Atkins, Martin, Mich asks if any
one can inform her what became of her brother
John Marshall, Co. T. 10th Mich. Cav. lie wa:
under Sheridan in the Spring of 1866. Early
one morning, near Greenvile, S. c., he started
| FOR spring TO get some water for breakfast